... annual Seventy seven years after serving in the Western Front trenches and goitig over the to(v at the Battle of the Somme one of the bloodiest battles of World War I the pair again donned Gordon Glengany headwear at Laurencekirk Territorial Amiy Hall on ...

... convalescing fromi war wounds in the castle. North Uist-born Mr Mac Vicar (94) was injured in the Battle of Ypres in 1914, and in the Battle of the Somme in 1913. When visited the castle, Mac Vicar was met by Mary, Countess of Strathmore, who presented ...

... dinner an annual event since 1988 for the first time on Saturday. The men both fought in France, each taking part in the Battle of the Somme. Charlie Grant, chairman of the Laurencekirk and District Gordon Highlanders’ Association, said: “It’s a great gettogether ...

... crowds who flocked to see it, as it was a recent innovation on the Western Front, having only been introduced during the Battle of the Somme, about 18 months before its arrival in Aberdeen. alfour Low pianes I LIVE in Springhill Crescent, right under the flight ...

... Scotland (North) Branch of The Western Front Association Illustrated Talk: Could the Battle of the Somme have been Won by Dr Stephen Badsey, Senior Lecturer at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. All welcome, 2.30 pm, Saturday. 9 Dram Casde, near Drumoak ...

... Highlands and the tunes include The Dark Island, AukJ Lang Syne, Flower Of Scotland, Amazing Grace, Highland Laddie, Battle of the Somme, The Ballad Of Glencoe, Mist Covered Mountains, Highland Cathedral, Hector The Hero, Leaving Glen Affric, Lord Lovat's ...

... One of the oldest surviving Gordons, he was believed to be probably the last survivor from the regiment of the bloody Battle of the Somme in 1916. Besides his 1914-18 campaign medals which he proudly wore at many regimental gatherings Mr Rearie also held ...

... volunteered for the 49th (London) Division of the Royal Artillery and was posted to France, where he fought in the battle of the Somme and at Ypres as a gunner. He lived alone in Aylestone, Leicester, until he was 100, when he moved in with his daughter ...

... owner of a teddy which survived World War I battle. Her granny, Mary Hall, paid £4,715 for the bear at a London auction. Edwin went to war with Percy Kynnersley- Baddeley. who died in the Battle of the Somme. Drugs fine A MAN was fined £350 yesterday after ...

... He would have been 101 June. He served with the Gordons in the trenches from 1915 and won the Croix de Guerre at the Battle of the Somme. He was wounded five tiroes during World War I. Former butcher A FORMER master butcher has died while visiting family ...

... of French potatoes the second in 10 days at the Bathgate plant. The grenade, dating back like its predecessor to the Battle of the Somme, was blown up by Army bomb disposal experts. ...

... German helmet. Mr Brown Joined the Army as a volunteer in 1915 and was posted to Arres, France, year later, amid the Battle of the Somme, where he served for more than two years. “While in the trenches, I worked a four-day week in the front line, but I ...